NEWS : Harley-Davidson Museum - Capturing the Harley Spirit

NEWS : Harley-Davidson Museum - Capturing the Harley SpiritDate Created: Jun 10, 2008, 06:48 AM
Harley-Davidson Museum - Capturing the Harley Spirit
One month away from its grand opening, Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson Museum has unveiled a crowning touch: a 16-foot-tall, 5,000-pound, hill-climbing bronze biker.
The larger-than-life image - one-and-one-half times life size, to be exact - emerged from beneath black drapes Monday afternoon. The sculpture is of a vintage 1930 Harley rider, frozen in a skyward wheelie. Its daring young driver, with only one hand on the handlebars, has reached the pinnacle of an